subservience

sub·ser·vi·ent  (sb-sûrv-nt)

adj.

1. Subordinate in capacity or function.

2. Obsequious; servile.

3. Useful as a means or an instrument; serving to promote an end.

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[Latin subservins, subservient-, present participle of subservre, to subserve; see subserve.]

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sub·servi·ence, sub·servi·en·cy n.

sub·servi·ent·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	subservience - the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan; "all his actions were in subservience to the general plan" condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
	2.	subservience - in a subservient state subservientness subordinateness, subsidiarity - secondary importance
	3.	subservience - abject or cringing submissiveness obsequiousness, servility submissiveness - the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc. sycophancy - fawning obsequiousness

Translations

subservience [səbˈsɜːvɪəns] N

1. [of person] (= submissiveness) → sumisión f; (= servility) → servilismo m
a life of subservience and drudgery → una vida de sumisión y monotonía
subservience to sb → sumisión a algn

2. (= secondary position) → subordinación f (to a)

subservience [səbˈsɜː^rviəns] n → soumission f
subservience to sb → soumission à qn

subservience

n (pej) → Unterwürfigkeit f → (to gegenüber); (form) → Unterworfenheit f (→ to unter +acc)

subservience [səbˈsɜːvɪ/əns] n subservience (to) → sottomissione f (a)